Pandora's Box

May 15, 2006

Pandora’s Box

Gilded and golden
Wrapped in olive branched leaves and twine
Shining before me
All of the answers are finally mine

In awe I take in its glory
And succumb to its mystery
I ponder the possibilities
Of true knowledge waiting for me

If I am to open this box
Will my life be any better?
If I am to walk away from this chance
Will my heart start to truly whither?

Sometimes being ignorant
Is the best gift you can receive
If one knew all of life’s truths
It would surely make them fall straight to their knees

Alarms in my head begin to sound
I ignore the screams and pleads of no’s
As I begin to break the lock
And rip apart every caution filled bow

Once it is open the horror begins
All of my tears start flowing
And out come pouring all of my sins

I gasp from all of the lies
As they come straight for my soul
I knew this is what I would find
But I didn’t care
Nor wanted to stop
Because I knew I had to prove it in my mind

Pandora’s Box had no written instructions
No warnings or caveat to hinder me
I dove right in and now I have only me to blame
My life has taken my last wind from me

All of my castles that were built in the sky
Had finally come crashing down
All of my dreams that I painted in permanent marker
Started running off the page and made a horrible dripping sound

I lost my life that day
The day my curiosity got the best of me
I lost my love that day
The day the truth finally overtook me
I lost hope in purity that day
The day that I learned lies were better then reality
I lost myself in Pandora’s Box that day
The last day I would ever surrender to that kind of fatality.